After a summer in which the Olympics, the Paralympics and the Euro 2012 football competition have caught the public's attention, they might seem a humble event.
More than 100 men who gathered in eastern France this weekend, the European Beard and Moustache Championships were as eagerly anticipated as a major sporting event.
Bizarre beard and moustache contest draws scores of men eager to show off extraordinary facial hair. More than 100 take part in European Beard and Moustache Championships Event held in Wittersdorf, near Mulhouse, eastern France.
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